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Herb Hewlett
06-01-2014, 11:43 AM
Just traded a couple of guns and ended up with a D grade,1frame 12 ga.,top lever, hammer gun. Stock skeleton butt checkering in good shape,forarm replaced with lower grade, brlls. heavliy pitted on inside. Parker book says only 2 12ga. 26" brlls were made. Can't find anything in book onrarity of 1 farme?
I hunt with Parkers and am not really a collecter. Does the 26" brlls make this somewhat of a rarity? Thanks, Herb
Dave Suponski
06-01-2014, 03:19 PM
Serial number Herb?
Herb Hewlett
06-01-2014, 04:07 PM
serial number 46928 Thanks ,Herb
George Lander
06-01-2014, 04:17 PM
Herb: Parker SN 46928 shows in "THE BOOK" as a "D3 (Grade 3 or D grade) toplever, no extras, capped PG stock, 12 gauge w/ 26" barrels. I would venture it to be somewhat of a rarity.
Best Regards, George
Brian Dudley
06-01-2014, 05:21 PM
A 1 frame grade 3 12g with factory 26" barrels... What a gun!
Kurt Densmore
06-01-2014, 11:48 PM
You are a lucky man....
I have the same configuration grade 3 with 28" bbls and it is a joy to shoot. It is SN 35XXX weighing in at 6lbs 14oz and open chokes. Great gun for close to medium range sporting clays.
Kurt
Dean Romig
06-01-2014, 11:55 PM
Definitely a rarity and on the 1-Frame could even be unique.
Herb Hewlett
06-02-2014, 07:52 AM
Thanks for all the help,but the bores on this D are heavily pitted and very thin. I know it needs to go to a barrel specialist to figure out if it can even be shot,I suspect not.I'm trying to figure out what to do with it. I will try to post some pictures later today or tomorrow. Herb
Richard Flanders
06-03-2014, 05:23 PM
My dream gun! I have one in a grade 2 but a 3. I love the 1-frame 12ga guns. They carry like a 16.
Bill Murphy
06-03-2014, 06:20 PM
This gun, even with unusable barrels, is a candidate for rehabilitation into a great shooting gun. I would prefer sleeving, but a less expensive alternative would be Briley tubes in 20 or 28 gauge that would put this gun back into action.
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